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Nobody could dispute that Marit Bjørgen is the most successful cross-country skier ever, male or female. 6 Olympic golds and 18 ( eighteen!!) world titles say so - and rather unequivocally. Bjorgen's career spans almost 20 years – yet a 37 year old Norwegian shows no sign of slowing down in her hunt for race podiums. Naturally,training regimen of the skier from Trondheim has become an object of major scientific study, undertaken by the scientists from Nord University, Bodø and University of Science and Technology, Trondheim in cooperation with The Norwegian Olympic Federation The study in full could be found here We today highlight key points, those of interest to both serious sportsmen and skiing fans. - Marit was steadily increasing her training load throughout her career ( it would…